(February 8, 2025)

On Friday a military cargo plane transported deportees from El Paso, Texas, to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. They are among the latest arrivals in the Trump administration’s week-old migrant relocation operation.

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, is the first senior member of the Trump administration to visit the migrant mission on the base.

So far, none of the first arrivals have been taken to an emerging tent city that has been set up for migrants. Instead, they have been housed in the military prison.